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Pakistani journalist bags international award

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LONDON: Freelance Pakistani reporter Shah Meer Baloch has won the Kurt Schork Freelance Award for his work documenting slave mining, child labour, the Kalahsas and systematic negligence in the national polio vaccination programme. Thomson Reuters Foundation announced three winners honoring brave, yet often unrecognized journalists for their reporting on conflict, corruption and injustice. The prize […]


PEMRA issues notice to TV channels for rebroadcasting Ishaq Dar’s BBC interview

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The Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority on Thursday announced that it had issued notices to channels for airing former finance minister Ishaq Dar’s interview. Dar, in an interview on BBC News’ show “HARDtalk”, had spoken on several issues — the National Accountability Bureau, his return, 2018 general elections, former premier Nawaz Sharif’s allegations against the […]


Journalists pledge to show genuine image of Pakistan, UAE

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DUBAI: Pakistan’s journalist’s body working in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has vowed to show a “pragmatic, authentic and genuine” image of their homeland and the emirates. The Pakistan Journalists Forum (PJF) arranged a gathering on the premises of the Pakistan Association Dubai to celebrate the 49th National Day of the UAE and welcome the […]


IHC chief justice questions new social media rules

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ISLAMABAD: Islamabad High Court Chief Justice Athar Minallah on Friday questioned the framing of rules for social media and observed that such rules would discourage criticism and adversely affect accountability in the country. Taking up a petition filed against the ban on video-sharing social networking service TikTok, the IHC chief justice asked how rules for […]